Life is an art of time, so is tea. Beauty is more than the static moment, instead, it contains the instant feel. The designer understands the concept of “Great image is shapeless while great thoughts are selfless”with meditation of Zen. The focus is on the combination of contemplation and restraint to highlight the existence value and significance. Adhering to this temperament, the designer has brought new life to Chinese tea culture of centuries old from the modern Chinese perspective. Moreover, the precise use of the traditional Chinese materials and ancient elements fills the whole tea house with integration of ancient and modern charms as well as the feminine gentleness. The entrance of the tea house is designed with refined Chinese elements by means of mosaic, bamboo & rattan, marble and copper plate. It seems as if the designer wanted to tell us about Chinese tea culture. The surface decoration with Chinese elements adds humane senses to the modern architecture, making the tea house a natural and relaxing place that is hard to find in a metropolitan. Thus the ice-cold sense of distance of the modern architecture is reduced in such a smart way. In between the entrance and the lobby is a huge golden tea barrel, making a sharp contrast with the mosaic on the floor to catch our eyes the moment we step inside the house. What a clever design! A rosewood bar as long as 8 meters is the first thing we can see when entering the lobby. This bar full of tea cultural elements is designed for reception as well as for customers to chat while drinking tea. The roof in triangle post-and-lintel structure and the cane woven with bamboo and rattan make a contrast in the space decoration while materials with tough lines and rich texture complement the furniture and furnishings with traditional Chinese elements well so as to demonstrate the designing concept of Oriental Zen all through. 

The VIP tea area is designed with human-oriented concept and its flexible space is used to maximum. Wooden screens are used to divide the tea area into several parts to create a private and quiet space for customers, which not only enlarges the space of use but also brings more life to the space. Such design integrating the ancient and modern elements can be found throughout the whole project.

The hand-painted jasmine and giant oil paintings by artists fit the brand theme with tender beauty of Orient and perfect matching of lights. The wonderful design enables the century-old brand of Wu Yutai to survive in a new way so as to promote the jasmine tea - one of our non-material cultural heritages to the world.